Mums have told of their disgust after a children’s birthday party clashed with a NAKED swimming session at a public pool. The children – who were celebrating a boy’s seventh birthday – had enjoyed a swim party at the Radcliffe Pool and Fitness Centre before going upstairs to the canteen for some food.

Mums have told of their disgust after a children’s birthday party clashed with a NAKED swimming session at a public pool.

The children – who were celebrating a boy’s seventh birthday – had enjoyed a swim party at the Radcliffe Pool and Fitness Centre before going upstairs to the canteen for some food.

But as they ate, horrified mums gazed down on the pool below – to see members of a naturist group taking a dip.

About 20 naked men enjoyed the swimming session as parents tried desperately to stop the kids from seeing them.

Centre bosses had stuck bin bags and paper over the canteen windows. But parents say they had to stand guard at cracks between the bin bags and at the doors of a balcony to make sure the children didn’t see them.

The mix-up came after bosses at the pool accepted their first-ever booking by the men’s naturist group. Council chiefs admitted they had ‘overlooked’ the clash between the bookings.

The birthday boy’s mother, who paid £54 to hire the pool and £12 to hire the canteen, said: "I am fuming."

The mum, from Radcliffe, added: "It was just wrong and should never have happened. The management should have told me that it was going on and I would not have booked the party.

"A man at reception said that he had to let me know that there was a naturist party going on and it overlaps with our party.

"I did not believe him at first. Would you really book that at the same time as a seven-year-old’s party? If we had not been vigilant the children would have seen everything and that would have been a disaster."

Another mum said: "We just could not believe it was going on at the same time.

"There were around 20 men. You could see into the main pool and it certainly should never have been on at the same time."

Bury council said it had not received an official complaint.

A spokesman said: "This naturist swim was a private booking from 6.30-8pm, at a time when it was assumed that no one else would be in the building. On this occasion, it would appear that we overlooked the fact that the children, who were booked into the pool from 5pm-6pm, would then go into the canteen space on the first floor for their party. If further bookings are taken, again they will be at a time when no other groups will be using the pool area."

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